Posted: 3/6/2007 6:13 PM
Post subject: Game system switch?
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Anon
Joined: 4/17/2004
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I wish to change the "game system" option that movie files play on. For example, if game was recorded in "Super Game Boy" mode, but I wanted to play it back in "Game Boy" mode, how would I go about doing this?
Posted: 3/6/2007 7:05 PM
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laughing_gas
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I don't think there is any option in VBA that allows for such a switch, although you can hex-edit the movie file to get a GB version of it.
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Posted: 3/6/2007 7:06 PM
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Alter
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Joined: 1/29/2007
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I have exactly the same problem right now. You can hex edit your movie file, the 16th byte flags the system, as described here: http://tasvideos.org/VBM.html That might or not might solve your problem. It didn`t solve mine ^^ What I want to do is see if the movies I made for my Metroid II run also work for a patched Metroid II DX. However, when I start playing a (hex edited) movie (for a working patched rom), the screen just goes white and nothing happens. When opening the movie file , it correctly displays as a gbc file, however If I click Options -> Gameboy, the normal gameboy is checked, and I cannot change it. Anybody any ideas?
Posted: 3/6/2007 7:08 PM
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You also have to change byte 0x20. It's stored twice for redundancy. Also, I tried Alter's submission on the color Metroid hack and it desynced after about 2 minutes. :(
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Posted: 3/6/2007 7:11 PM
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Xkeeper
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Assuming it was made with GBColorizer, it does some funky crap with the timing and leads to a lot of problems.
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Posted: 3/6/2007 7:46 PM
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Alter
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Joined: 1/29/2007
Posts: 116
That worked, but yeah, it desyncs :/ Also, VBA crashes on loading savestates made with the GB version it appears. Ah well, sticking to black & white then...